Please, Mr. Sun

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"Please, Mr. Sun"
Single by Johnnie Ray
from the album I Cry for You
B-side "Here I Am - Broken Hearted"
ReleasedDecember 28, 1951 (1951-12-28)
Genre Pop
Length2:58
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s) Ray Getzov, Sid Frank
Johnnie Ray singles chronology
"Cry"
(1951)
"Please, Mr. Sun"
(1951)
"Mountains in the Moonlight"
(1952)
"Please Mr. Sun"
Single by Tommy Edwards
B-side "Morning Side of the Mountain"
ReleasedJanuary 1959
Recorded1958
Genre R&B
Length2:20
Label MGM
Songwriter(s) Ray Getzov, Sid Frank
Tommy Edwards singles chronology
"Love Is All We Need"
(1958)
"Please Mr. Sun"
(1959)
"Morning Side of the Mountain"
(1959)

"Please, Mr. Sun" is a song written by Ray Getzov and Sid Frank and performed by Johnnie Ray featuring The Four Lads and the Jimmy Carroll Orchestra. It reached number 6 on the U.S. pop chart in 1952. [1] It was featured on his 1955 album I Cry for You .

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The single ranked number 30 on Billboard's Year-End top 30 singles of 1952. [2]

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